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IBD Mimics
Infectious - Always RULE OUT infection (CMV, C. diff esp.) obtain travel & exposures history:
Amebiasis (E. histolytica ... changes without chronic
Clinical Presentations Suggestive of Infectious Diarrhea Etiologies
 • Persistent or chronic diarrhea - Cryptosporidium spp, Giardia
Persistent or chronic ... and Entamoeba histolytica ... Campylobacter, Entamoeba histolytica ... etiology or E. histolytica ... infections) • Chronic
Causes of Chronic Diarrhea
Osmotic Diarrhea
 1. Medications: antacids, lactulose, sorbitol
 2. Disaccharidase deficiency: lactose intolerance
 3.
Causes of Chronic ... Pancreatic disease: chronic ... bowel syndrome Chronic ... lamblia, Entamoeba histolytica ... Factitious #Chronic
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
pneumonia • Chronic ... - Entamoeba histolytica
Waterborne Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Infections that can be acquired from fresh water, brackish water, sea
typhi • Entamoeba histolytica ... Naegleria fowleri • Chronic
Liver Abscess - Differential Diagnosis
Pyogenic:
 • Hepatobiliary
 • Colonic
 • Bacteremia
Entamoeba histolytica:
 • Fecal/oral
 • Colitis
Hepatobiliary • Colonic ... Bacteremia Entamoeba histolytica
Liver Mass Differential Diagnosis
Solid:
 • Benign: Hepatic Hemangioma, Focal nodular hyperplasia, Hepatocellular adenoma, Regenerative nodules
 •
Pyogenic, Entamoeba histolytica
Infectious Diarrhea - Laboratory Testing

Clostridium difficile
Salmonella enterica, Shigella spp, Campylobacter spp 
Salmonella enterica serovars Typhi and
botulinum Entamoeba histolytica ... trematodes (flukes) E. histolytica
Differential diagnosis for pyogenic liver abscess:
Infectious etiologies predominate. Most are pyogenic (bacterial). Amebic (Entamoeba histolytica) and
Amebic (Entamoeba histolytica
Lichen Simplex Chronicus: Thickened, red, puritic patch of skin resulting from chronic rubbing 
and scratching.

Charlie Goldberg,
Lichen Simplex Chronicus ... resulting from chronic ... Lichen #Simplex #Chronicus